PT ZONE: Purging
How to Use Commercial Purging Compounds in ExtrusionCPCs are considered most often for injection molding. However, they also can provide the same benefits to extrusion processors. More (+)
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OVERVIEW:
Purging
Purging compounds are used by processors to clean out polymer, color and other impurities from the machine and tooling between production runs. There are three general kinds of purging compounds: chemical; abrasive; and non-abrasive.
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Product Announcements
- MATERIALS: High-Heat Purging Compound
- Dyna-Purge 2/21/2012
- MATERIALS: New Purge Formulation Cuts 'Milky Drag'
- Dyna-Purge 12/28/2011
- MATERIALS: New Purging Compound Good for Hot Runners
- Slide Products Inc. 12/1/2011
- MATERIALS: Purging Agent for Stiff, High-Temperature Resins
- Asaclean-Sun Plastech Inc. 6/3/2011
- MATERIALS: Improved Purging Compound Does More with Less
- Dyna-Purge 2/25/2011
